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American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 86, Issue 9 1303-1305, Copyright © 1996 by American Public Health Association

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Daily exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: smokers vs nonsmokers in California.

J P Robinson, P Switzer and W Ott

Department of Sociology, University of Maryland 20742-1315, USA.

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the differences in environmental tobacco smoke exposure between smokers and non-smokers. METHODS: A probability sample of 1579 California adults completed a 1-day time diary of a full day's activities in which they reported whether any smoker was present during each activity. RESULTS: Some 61% of respondents reported at least some environmental tobacco smoke exposure in these diary accounts (for an average of up to 5 hours per day), and potential exposure rose monotonically with number of cigarettes actively smoked. Heaviest smokers reported about four times as much such exposure as nonsmokers. CONCLUSIONS: Because smokers lead life-styles that expose them to far higher levels of environmental tobacco smoke exposure, that factor needs to be controlled in studies estimating the effects of active smoking.




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